The trustees show considerable concern that the system will technically be in "long term actuarial balance" as a result of the benefit cuts and tax hikes included in the 1983 amendments, but that's the extent of their apparent long-term thinking.

This Commission's co-chairs insisted on attacking Social Security because they claimed to be so concerned about its long-term actuarial deficit which is easily fixed by asking the wealthy to pay their fair share.

Finally, the Social Security and Accounts Simulator SSASIM actuarial model of Social Security financing is used to estimate the degree to which increased wage growth could negatively affect the system's infinite-term actuarial balance.